The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-07-05
THE lsAvENNA THUGS,

One, Of the Eur Robbers iTaiks-Another
Claims to be n apittsburgher.
CLEVELAND, July 4.-To a correspond.
ent, "Blinky" Morgan, one Of the fur rob.
bers, unbosoned himself as follows: II
was born in Philadelphia" he said.
when I was mere lad commenced
reading dime novels and other laah liter.
sture until my mind was thoroughly cor.
rupted. I thought all sortu Of wild
Bchcmes, and when l waB barely sixteen
years old ran away from home and
went to Texas. There was a friend OF
mine with me. but he soon got laid out,
poor fellow. i lived in Texas aome time,
and made many q raid into Mexico. The
wild life I led there had q great tascina.
ton for me then, but in late years 1t has
become stern and painful necessity.
Then, besides that, I am wanted in so
many places. I skipped the pen in Cana.
da, the jail in Jackson, Mich, and am
wanted in any amount Of places. In Gam
ada I was taking walk one evening when
! met tramp, who asked me II would
give him O quarter to buy place to sleep.
l thought he wanted 1t for liquor, so
said: III you show mo the place I will
pay for 1t for you.' We wera going thore
when we came across some OF his com.
panions, when they asked the fellow I
was with il he had any money and he
said No. but this fellow has, meaning me.
We got to talking and 1t led 10 dispute
and then to blows. / struck one fellow
and pulled my gun and shut another,
when some officers came ior us and shot
one Of them and waa making of as best
could, for I wss lame, but thay caught me,
snd that is what WAS in the pen in
Canada for" l@4i s -al ~
"They want you in Alpena for shooting
Lynch?" said the reporter. &6s. 5T
"Oh, that's nothing. They could not
do anything to me for that. I was sitting
there in tho house peaceably when these
men rushed in and sprang upon me. l
had q perfect right to shoot, and any man
would have done the same thing in my
position. I'm something OF q fatalist,
you know, and believe that man was pre-.
destined to be what circumstances msks
him. I am not altogether responsible for
being what l an now. The Creator who
made me had my future all. cut out for
me, and I havs followed in the path that
was prepared" {tl4i
When questioned shout the Rayenna
affair Morgan became Silent, saying that o
man in bis position, ought not TO talk too
much. He still claims that he Can prove
his innocence. The prisoner called Hsr-
rington still maintains that his name is
not Harrington, but james Robinson, and
that his homo Ia in Pittsburgh, where be
WAS on ths night Of tho Ravenns tragedy.
This, he says, he can provo by reliable
witnesses. Several Pittsburgh pa,tiea are
in tho city and their statements bear out
those Of the alleged fur robber. Officers
Thompson and Koruman, 90 well as Hugh
McCurry and Harry Price, positively iden-
lilly him ss James Robinson and Say that
he is Il gambler aud generally suspicious
character OF Allegheny City. Harring-
ton or Robinson is a tall, well.made fol-
low, with mild blue eyes and rather in
nocsIt face. He does not look like q
hardened econnirel. Morgan also says
his fsllow.prisoner is James Robinson, Of
Pittsburgh. Coughlin also says he can
prove an aiibi. Il is not known when the
priaoner will be taken to Ravenns, but
they will probably be taken to that place
quietly aud without notice being given
out, so as to avoid publicity. Il, 81 a +, .